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SupaVerm

Supaverm is easy to find, with usage guides written by Dr. Erik Johnson HERE

What It Is:
SupaVerm© is a white liquid. It's a suspension of Closantel and Mebendazole imported from Europe for use as a drench dewormer for sheep.

What It's Good At:
Applied to the water of ornamental Koi, SupaVerm© eliminates fluke (trematode) infestations within 3 days.

Background:
SupaVerm has been extensively tested and reviewed at KoiVet.com. We suggest you take the time to visit there and familiarize yourself with the concepts. Nothing yet has been found to be as simple as this product. Most people are dosing this at one milliliter (1 cc) per 100 US gallons, once. Many others will apply a second dose 3 days later to ensure complete eradication of all forms of flukes.

Pros:
SupaVerm© has been shown to be safe in single and double applications to eliminate Flukes without negative effect on Koi, plants, or the beneficial nitrogen-reducing bacteria in the filter. No water changes are indicated.

Cons:
THIS PRODUCT WILL KILL 100% OF TREATED GOLDFISH DEAD! IT IS NOT FOR GOLDFISH. IT IS FOR KOI.

There are other species of fish which are sensitive to SupaVerm© as well. Use in any other species of fish than ornamental Koi is sheer lunacy.

Dose: Variable, based on experience and preference and whether the Supaverm is diluted. Normally: One milliliter of pure, per one hundred US gallons, applied on Day One and Day Two.
Supaverm is easy to find, with usage guides written by Dr. Erik Johnson
HERE

Koi Health & Disease textbook has been the "Bible" of Koi health & disease for years. How to style and cookbook remedies which work in plain English.

PondCrisis.com
If you have a koi, pond or fish problem, this site takes you through twenty easy questions and at the end you know what you need to fix in your pond to create restored Koi health.

Koi Beginner
Once you've leapfrogged through this tutorial you will have a solid, working concept of the Koi hobby and what it's all about. This is done just about exclusively with video and very little written material.

DrJohnson.com
More than koi health, this site spans all things animal, by a real veterinarian who shoots you straight.

More Resources

Koi Filtration - Natural
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Koi Food & Feeding
What should you feed your koi? How many times per day? Is Corn really that bad in a Koi diet? What are the most common feeding mistakes people make? What's the best food?



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Koivet.com
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Koi Beginner
Once you've leapfrogged through this tutorial you will have a solid, working concept of the Koi hobby and what it's all about. This is done just about exclusively with video and very little written material.

DrJohnson.com
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Fishdoc.co.uk
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Fish Medicines
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Buying Domestic Koi
What does "Domestic" koi mean? Why would you buy that kind? How do you pick good and healthy ones? Who sells them and where do you find the best ones?

Buying Imported Koi
A Japanese or Israeli imported Koi is a beautiful thing. Why would you buy one of those? How do you identify a "good one"? And what kinds are there? Who would you buy one from?

Koi Filtration - Bead
With a little bit of management every week or so, you can have gin clear water in your koi or fish pond. Bead filtration is more than ten years old and defines the state of the art in Koi and pond fish ponds.

Koi Filtration - Natural
Requiring no weekly management but one big yearly overhaul, natural filtration is the easiest there is. Relying on live plants and organic processes, water quality is usually superb. Described and common mistakes illustrated, visit this site!

Koi Food & Feeding
What should you feed your koi? How many times per day? Is Corn really that bad in a Koi diet? What are the most common feeding mistakes people make? What's the best food?

Koi and Pond Hard Goods
So many places these days, are pure ripoffs. Finding a reputable dealer of koi and pond hard goods isn't as easy as you would think but there's ways to tell. The product line should be to-the-point and not contain shams. Who's doing it right? Visit this site!

Finding Reputable Dealers
The fish are only as good as the dealer holding them. Quarantines, guarantees and fish quality all factor in. What to ask, what to see and how to handle your new fish.

Books on Koi Diseases
You will be introduced to Dr Johnson's Koi Health book but also to other books he's reviewed.

Help With Koi Problems
Koi Community rates a variety of forums and message boards on ease of use, friendliness and quality of help. Not all boards are created equal. Not mincing words here.

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